Support for chamber-vessels



(No Model.)

G. R. R'UDROF. SUPPORT FOR CHAMBER VESSELS.

Patented Apr. 12, 1892'.

9 .21 J4 42. um

/N VENTOH QQM/w W/TNESSES 0L. To

^ lUNITED STATES PATENTv OFFICE.

GEORGE R. RUDEOF, OE sr. Louis, Missouni.

SUPPORT FOR CHAMBER-VESSELS.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent N0. 472,826,dated April12, 1892.

Application filed October 2l., 1891.

.a commode or to any suitable device, which forms a convenient seat uponwhich a person may sit comfortably to use the vessel, which may beadjusted to suit people of different heights, and which is especiallyadapted for the use of sick people and children.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views. Y

Figure 1 'is a broken perspective View of a :commode provided with :myinvention, the

support being withdrawn from the commode and placed in position for use.Fig. 2 is a broken front elevation, partly Yin section, of the device.Fig. 3 is a broken side elevation, partly in section, showing in detailthe cleats in the commode, which support the device. Fig. 4 is anenlarged longitudinal section of the sliding parts of the main frame,and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of one of the frame-supportinglegs. Y

The device is provided with a main rectangular frame 10, which hashollow open-ended side pieces 1l, the outer sides of which are slottedlongitudinally, as shown at 11 a, to permit the side pieces to receiveand slide upon the bars 12. The bars 12 have a reduced middle section toenable them to iit the slots in the side pieces 11 and in the slideways14, as shown at 13 in Fig. 2. The slideways 14 are secured by pins 15 toparallel cleats 16, which are secured to a support 17, the support inthis case beingthe inside of the commode 18, although thecleats may besecured to any convenient support. The slideways 14 are sein No.409,366. or@ model.)

exactly similar to the side pieces 11, and the bars 12 are dovetailedinto both slideways and side pieces, so as to hold all the partstogether, but loosely enough to permit the parts 4to slide in relationto each other.

The bars 12 are provided on opposite sides with longitudinal channels19, which open from opposite ends, as shown in Fig. 4, and which attheir ends terminate at the shoulders 20. YThese channels are adapted tore- .ceive pins 2l, which project through holes 22 leg 24 is providedwith an upper section 25,

having notches 26 in one side and a lower section or sleeve 27, Vwhich'slides upon or over the upper section. Pivoted on the lower section isa pawl 28, which projects through an opening in the sleeve, and theinner end 29 of the pawl by entering one of the notches 26 prevents thesection 25 from dropping in the sleeve 27. The pawl is normally pressedinto the notches by a spring 30, which is secured to the free end of thepawl and presses against the sleeve.

Suspended centrally from the frame 10 is a flat-bottomed basket 31,which is Apreferably of wire, and which is adapted to hold a cham.

The seat is composed of two removable' boards 34, which cover the top ofthe frame 10, and which have a central hole to permit the use of thevessel 32 when the latter is in the basket.

Vhen the device is to be used by children the side pieces 14 and theframe connected therewith are supported on the lower end of the cleats16, and when the device is to be used by grown people the side piecesare placed higher up.

To use the device, the frame 10 is withdrawn from between theoleats 16,and the Outward movement of the frame is limited by the pins 21 strikingthe shoulders 20, which movement may be regulated by adjusting IOC saidpins in the holes 22. When the frame is pulled out, the legs 24 swinginto avertical position, so as to support the frame, and the legs may beadjusted, in the manner described, to suit the height of the frame. The

. person then sits upon the seat just as upon oted to the outer cornersof the seat, substantially as described. v

3. A device of the character described, comprising an extensible frameheld to a sup port, legs secured to the free end of the frame, aVessel-holding basket suspended from the frame, and removableseat-boards to cover the frame, substantially as described.

4. A device of the character described, comprising parallel cleatssecured to a support, slideways secured to the cleats, an extensibleframe held to slide in the slideways, legs secured to the free ends ofthe frame, a lvessel-holding basket suspended from the frame, andremovable seat-boards to cover the frame, substantially as described.

, GEORGE R. RUDROF.

Witnesses:

GEORGE REICHELT, H. OTTO RUDROF.

